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Welcome to Platform Lab

Platform Lab is a unique non-profit information technology test facility created to directly serve the technology needs of growing businesses in Ohio and across the nation. We offer cost-effective, on demand availability of technology resources that can be custom tailored to suit companies ranging in size from small start-ups to international enterprises.

From disaster recovery drills to server load testing, our labs are flexible enough to serve a diverse range of testing needs across a variety of hardware and software platforms.

 
   
 
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Events Calendar

05/09   TechColumbus Technology Leaders Luncheon

05/12   The Circuit's Annual Scholarship Golf Outing - Triple Crown Golf Club

05/13   The First Annual - Central Ohio InfoSec Summit

05/14   Network Infrastructure/EX Announcement

05/15   New Albany TechStart Event

05/15   The PCI-DSS Compliance Seminar

05/15   Central Ohio SharePoint User Group - Monthly Meeting

05/16   Regional Entrepreneur Forum

05/18   TechColumbus Breakfast Series - "Web 2.0 - A Trend You Can't Ignore"

05/19   CIO Luncheon - Mansfield

05/20   Fayette County TechStart Event

05/20   BioOhio Happy Hour Networking Receptions - Cleveland

05/21   Love at First Click: Obtaining more paying customers from the internet!

05/22   Breakfast BYTES - What is Web 2.0

05/27   VMWare classes monthly at Platform Lab's Training Room

05/28   Central Ohio PMI Morning Chapter Meeting

05/29   "Virtual connectivity for virtual servers - why and how?"

05/29   BioOhio Happy Hour Networking Receptions - Columbus

05/30   Ohio.net - VOIP Education - Road Show

05/31   1st Annual Women In Project Management Conference - June 12th & 13th

05/31   Have you checked out the Columbus Technology blog?


Platform Lab

Headquarters:
1275 Kinnear Road
Columbus, OH 43212
614-675-3711 phone
614-487-3704 fax

info@platformlab.org e-mail
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Cleveland:
1255 Euclid Ave 5th floor
Cleveland, OH 44115
614-675-3711 x4 phone
614-487-3704 fax

Toledo:
1015 Research Dr
Toledo, OH 43614
614-675-3711 x5 phone
614-487-3704 fax

Cincinnati:

312 Plum St 5th floor
Cincinnati, OH 45202
614-675-3711 x6 phone
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Disaster recovery plan validation

Over 40 firms and organizations utilize Platform Lab in order to prove and troubleshoot their disaster recovery plan process.

Please review our hardware list and software and email us the types of servers, tape drives and storage your disaster recovery plan exercise will require.

We set up the environment to your specifications, at no charge. You then rent the utilization of this environment -- generally on a weekly basis -- for an exceptionally cost effective rate.

A price card for utilization is available on the Platform Lab website. If you do not see your hardware requirements in our current inventory, please contact us immediately and we will begin efforts to acquire the assets you need for your disaster recovery plan exercise, either on loan, rent or purchase from our vendors and partners.

To read about Platform Lab benefits and services as applied to real clients, see our success stories for OhioHealth, Installed Building Products and Children's Hospital.

A disaster recovery plan validation testimonial

"To me, the best accolades for having Platform Lab came from the guys on my team who used your facilities. Before the first test, I gathered that they had some doubts about what they could accomplish and learn and what Platform Lab could provide them. After they completed that first week of testing, the Unix and Windows administrators returned with tremendous praise about what they had available to them and what they learned. They found that many of the assumptions we had made in our plans were laid open to raw reality and just plain didn t work. The facilities at Platform Lab gave us the ability to test, rethink, and retest without the incessant time pressure that ll be on us during a 48-hour test at our contracted disaster recovery vendor."
-- Dave Nagy, Senior Director, Abercrombie & Fitch

Reasons why over 40 firms exercise their DR plans at Platform Lab:

  • Fulfill HIPAA and SOX regulations
  • Thoroughly document procedures without time constraints
  • Discover required resources before creating your hotsite plan
  • Exercise your plan locally, avoiding travel cost, hassle and risk
  • Test 24/7/365 at your convenience, on your schedule
  • Non-profit cost structure provides for outstanding value
  • Platform Lab would like to thank the following firms for their support:

  • Abercrombie & Fitch
  • Abrasive Technology
  • Akron General Medical Center
  • The Andersons
  • Betco
  • BMW Financial Services
  • BISYS
  • Cleveland Clinic Health System
  • Children's Hospital
  • Coshocton County Memorial Hospital
  • Edison Welding Institute
  • Erie Insurance
  • Global Exchange Services
  • Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati
  • Information Control Corporation
  • Installed Building Products
  • Meridian BioScience
  • Mettler-Toledo
  • Midland Insurance
  • MedCentral Mansfield
  • New Albany Surgical Hospital
  • OhioHealth
  • The Ohio State University Medical Center
  • Pilkington
  • Regional Growth Partnership
  • Standard Rgister
  • The State of Ohio -- Department of Auditor
  • The State of Ohio -- Department of Education
  • The State of Ohio -- Department of Job & Family
  • Wendy's International
  • White Castle
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